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Mystery!; Inspector Morse, Series V: Masonic Mysteries

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Premiered in 1980 -- offshoot of MASTERPIECE THEATRE. Showcase for the best of British drama in the mystery genre. Current producer, Rebecca Eaton. See individual episode titles for more information.
Host: 1980: Gene Shalit; 1981-1989: Vincent Price; 1989-present: Diana Rigg
Series release date: 1980

Program Description

Broadcast April 9 and 16, 1992
At an opera rehearsal, Inspector Morse if found holding a knife over a corpse and is arrested for murder. The evidence mounts until even Sergeant Lewis begins to believe his boss is guilty. Morse believes he's being framed - but the only one capable of such a clever plot, Hugo De Vries, has been reported dead. Someone has been falsifying police records. And a suspicious fire rages in Morse's house.